Three Types of Democracy Basics
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- Created on: 23-03-14 13:45
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- Democracy
- Most legitimate form of government
- 3 Types of Democracy
- Representative
- People elect representatives
- The representatives form a government or support a government
- Representatives and government accountable to the people
- The representatives form a government or support a government
- People do not participate beyond electing representatives
- People elect representatives
- Deliberative
- Democratic decisions are only legitimate when preceded by authentic deliberation, not aggregate of votes
- Authentic when decision makers are free from distortions caused by inequalities of power (exclusion, coercion and maldistribution of wealth)
- The aim is to achieve a consensus, if this can't be reached after deliberation, votes are taken
- Participatory
- Citizens more actively involved in government
- increased decentralization of power
- direct consultation of public
- democratization of institutions
- Use of referenda to make decisions
- democratization of institutions
- direct consultation of public
- increased decentralization of power
- Citizens more actively involved in government
- Representative
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